Shipp v. Sheffield

MOFFAT, Chief Justice.

The first issue presented to the trial court in this cause under a short form of complaint was a request to quiet title to lots 3 and 4, Plat D, Salt Lake City Survey by the plaintiff who claimed ownership based on a tax deed to one of the lots and a deed from a third party whose claim was based upon a tax deed to the other lot. The complaint contained the usual prayer that defendant set forth the nature of his claim and that defendant be decreed to have no estate or interest in the property and that plaintiff’s title thereto was valid and good.

Defendant answered,…